Limerick publican abducted by gunmen in Africa

RESIDENTS of a village on the outskirts of Limerick were said to be flabbergasted yesterday on learning a local publican was at the centre of a West African gunpoint abduction in a scene straight out of a Frederick Forsythe novel.

According to reports, Ger Mulconroy was abducted at gunpoint while visiting Sierra Leone, bundled into a car outside his hotel and driven to a beach where he was rescued by local police.

A number of men arrested include security personnel attached to the country’s presidential guard.